Christmas-tree support and water container



L. L. RIPCZINSKE iCHRISTMAS TREE SUPPORT AND WATER CONTAINER 7 FiledJan. 25, 1922 Patented Jan. 19,

UNITED" A-res LAMBERT Ii. axrcz msxn, B

BINSDALE, MINNESOTA. r

CHRISTMAS-TREE surronr AND WATER CONTAINER. I

Application filed .Tanuaiy 25, 1922 Serial No; 531,575.

To al! ivhom it may concern Be it known that I, LAMBERT SKE, acitizen'of the United States, residing at Robb insdala in thecounty ofHennepin and State'of Minnesot a, have invented certain new and useful,Improvementsflin Christmas-Tree Supports and Water Containers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact-descriptionof the invention, such as "will'enable others skilled in the arttowhich' it appertains to make and use the same. 1 1 i I This inventionrelates to treeTholder and the method of making thesameQ and the deviceis particularly designed for holding Christmas trees. 7 i I 3 1 i I Itis an object of thisinvention to provide a very simple, easilyconstructed and in expensive holder for a' Christmas tree..

It is a further object of the invention to provide such, a holder in theform a closed receptacle' having means at spaced points for holdingthetree firmly "inZ upright position and alsobeing adapted to containwaters" These and other objects and advantages of the invention willappear from the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to thesame parts throughout the dilferent views, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a view partly in central vertical section andpartlyinelevation of the device;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionon an enlarged scale, taken on the line2-2 of Fig. 1, as indicated by thearrows;

Fig. 3 is a plan view ofgthe holding member forming part of the device;

Fig. 4.- is a plan view of the blank from which the sides of thereceptacle are formed: and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank forming the base of the receptacle.

Referring to the drawings, the holder, as shown in Fig. 1, is seen tocomprise a conical vessel having a base of large diameter. which vesselis adapted to hold a liquid, such as water, as illustrated. .The deviceand will not easily be tipped over. v

The device is constructed by forming a blank of sheet metalmaterialdesignated as 1 in Fig. 4, which blank is shaped substan- L. Rrrozmhaving a wide base will have great stability tially as the sector of acircle. This blank is cutaway near its central portion to form rad allyextending rectangular prongs 2.; 'Acircular: blank 3, as shown in Fig.5,- is

CHANGE or NAME LAMB RT L; fanYMONDQOF Ronalso" formed of sheet material.The blank 1 is then folded I into curvedform with its outer: edgesubstantiallyjin" contact with the edge of the blank .3,thus bringingthe radial sides of the blank into slightly overlapping relation.The'radialsides arethen secured together by'solder. or other suitablemeans andthe bottom edge-of the blank-is, v

likewise, secured tothe edge of the disk or blank 3; ,When' so 'curvedand connected,

desired, the edge of the blank 3 may be bent 1 up,a's shown in Fig. Itoform an abut ment-for the' bottom of the sides l and a convenientholdingmeans for the solder.

When the vessel 'is formed," the prongs 2, "as shown 1n,Fig. 1, vupstandfrom the upper edge and surround the narrow opening at the top thereof.A'pointed headed member I 6-i spassed through the center of the bottom 5with its point projecting upwardly into the vessel. This member may be ascrew or merely a plain pointed and headed pin. The head of the member 6'will'be of small thickness and will be disposed on .the outside orbottom. of thememberu5 and substantially in the plane thereof and apacking member"? is provided about-the'member 6 inside of the vessel toprevent the leakage of liquid around the same.

Wh'enthe device is to be used to' hold a tree,.the trunk of the samewill be inserted through the small opening at the top of the device andwill, have its end squared off to rest on the member 7. The trunk willbe 'firmly seated withthe pointed end of mem-.

her 6 embeddedtherein. The prongs 2. will then be drawn together intoclose contact with thesaid trunk; The material used issuch that theprongs will be somewhat ficient holding means. This member is wrappedaround the ends of the prongs, as shown in Fig. 1, and the end thereofpassed through the slot in its other end. The device is then drawn tightand the stra bent sharply backward. The device in pre erably made ofsheet metal so that when so bent it will be held firmly position and yetcan be readily removed by merely straightening the end and allowing thesame topass again through the slot.

From the above description it is seen that a plicant has provided a verysimple and e cient holder. The tree is held at comparatively Widelyspaced points so that a I good leverage is obtained for holding the samein erect position. As stated, the device is formed with a wide base andwhen almost filled with Water, as it will be in use, has sufficientweight to prevent the tipping or upsetting thereof. The use of water inconnection with the Christmas tree is very desirable as it prevents fora longer period the dropping of the leaves therefrom. In practice, thedevice may, of course, be painted or finished both inside and outside,as desired.

When the tree is inserted in the vessel, as shown in Fig. 1, the vesselis substantially closed. Dust and dirt cannot therefore settle in thewater, nor will dry leaves, which might drop from the tree fall thereinto foul the water. The water is not accessible and children playingabout the tree cannot get themselves Wet by playing in the same.Furthermore, the Water will not quickly evaporate as it would from anopen ended cylindrical vessel.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details and proportions of the parts without departing from.the scope of applicants in- 1 A tree holding device comprising aconical container adapted to hold liquid and having a flat bottomadapted to rest upon a surface and form .a stable support, a treeholding means in the bottom of said container, the sides of saidcontainer at its upper and smaller end being continued as strips andmeans for drawing said strips into close engagement with said. treetrunk disposed in sa'i'd container, "thus constitutan adjustable holdingmeans for. holding tree trunks of dilferentdiameters and substantiallyclosing the top of said container.

'2. A device for supporting and watering a Christmas tree comprising aconical vessel having a comparatively wide base forming a stablesupport, said vessel having its interior substantially unobstructed,means centrally disposed at the bottom of said vessel for holding thebottom of a tree trunk irrespective of the size of said trunk, spacedmeans at the top of said vessel extending upwardly therefrom, said lastmentioned means being adjustablewto the size of said tree trunk, andmeans for holding said last mentioned means in position whereby asubstantially closed vessel is formed adapted to hold tree trunks ofdifferent diameters.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LAMBERT L. RIPOZINSKE.

